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Table 2 Comparison of positives rates of pathogens in 2019 and 2020

From: Comparison of respiratory pathogens in children with community-acquired pneumonia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pathogens

2019

N = 1871(%)

2020

N = 725(%)

X2

P-value

Virus

    

 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

167(8.93)

68(9.38)

0.131

0.718

 Human rhinovirus (HRV)

87(4.65)

23(3.17)

2.811

0.094

 Human parainfluenza virus (HPIV)

120(6.41)

21(2.90)

12.584

< 0.001

 Human adenovirus (Adv)

76(4.06)

23(3.17)

1.127

0.288

 Influenza A virus (FluA)

53(2.83)

14(1.93)

1.69

0.194

 Influenza B virus (FluB)

15(0.80%)

11(1.52)

2.698

0.1

Bacterium

    

Streptococcus pneumoniae

121(6.47)

40(5.52)

0.81

0.368

Haemophilus influenzae

131(7.00)

14(1.93)

25.475

< 0.001

Staphylococcus aureus

44(2.35)

47(6.48)

26.363

< 0.001

Escherichia coli

27(1.44)

23(3.17)

8.273

0.004

Klebsiella pneumoniae

37(1.98)

19(2.62)

1.024

0.312

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

21(1.12)

13(1.79)

1.819

0.177

Atypical pathogens

    

Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP)

906(48.42)

123(16.97)

216.117

< 0.001